TY - JOUR
T1 - The racial politics of STEM education in the USA
T2 - interrogations and explorations
AU - Vakil, Sepehr
AU - Ayers, Rick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2019/7/4
Y1 - 2019/7/4
N2 - This special issue brings together a mix of early-career, mid, and senior scholars to critically examine current realities of, and boldly imagine future possibilities for, STEM education in the lives of racially minoritized children in the United States. Given the implicit and sometimes explicit aspirations of STEM education to be a counteracting force against racialized injustice, how do students and communities of color experience and make sense of STEM reforms/initiatives? By examining a broad range of STEM contexts including mathematics, computer science, science and environmental science education, and through a diversity of methodological approaches, this special issue aims to contribute to a scholarly conversation about how racialized power intersects with the larger themes and foci of STEM education. In our introduction, we both highlight broad themes of the issue, and offer possible directions for future research at the intersections of race, power, and STEM.
AB - This special issue brings together a mix of early-career, mid, and senior scholars to critically examine current realities of, and boldly imagine future possibilities for, STEM education in the lives of racially minoritized children in the United States. Given the implicit and sometimes explicit aspirations of STEM education to be a counteracting force against racialized injustice, how do students and communities of color experience and make sense of STEM reforms/initiatives? By examining a broad range of STEM contexts including mathematics, computer science, science and environmental science education, and through a diversity of methodological approaches, this special issue aims to contribute to a scholarly conversation about how racialized power intersects with the larger themes and foci of STEM education. In our introduction, we both highlight broad themes of the issue, and offer possible directions for future research at the intersections of race, power, and STEM.
KW - STEM education
KW - critical race theory
KW - identity
KW - urban education
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U2 - 10.1080/13613324.2019.1592831
DO - 10.1080/13613324.2019.1592831
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85065089219
SN - 1361-3324
VL - 22
SP - 449
EP - 458
JO - Race Ethnicity and Education
JF - Race Ethnicity and Education
IS - 4
ER -
